TY  - JOUR
AU  - Delabie, J.H.C.
AU  - Cereghino, R.
AU  - Groc, S.
AU  - Dejean, A.
AU  - Gibernau, M.
AU  - Corbara, B.
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Ants as biological indicators of Wayana Amerindian land use in French Guiana
T2  - C. R. Biol.
JO  - Comptes Rendus Biologies
SP  - 673
EP  - 684
VL  - 332
IS  - 7
PB  - ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
KW  - Landscape ecology
KW  - Traditional land use
KW  - Formicidae
KW  - Rapid assessment
KW  - Pit-fall traps
KW  - Self-Organizing Maps
N2  - We examined the ecological impact of traditional land use by Wayana Amerindians in French Guiana using ants as bio-indicators. Ants were sampled through a rapid assessment method and the core results analyzed using Kohonen's self-organizing maps (SOM). Our sample sites included: (1) a Wayana village; (2) a cassava plantation; (3) an abandoned cassava plantation; (4) a forest fragment near the village; (5) a riparian forest; and (6) a primary terra firma forest. The ant diversity decreases according to the decree to which the habitat is disturbed. The SOM allowed us to compare the ecological succession between the six habitats. The protocol used is robust since the same conclusions were drawn using partial data. To cite this article: J.H.C Delabie et al., C R. Biologies 332 (2009). (C) 2009 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
SN  - 1631-0691
N1  - ISI:000267243700009
ID  - Delabie_etal2009
ER  -